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• Hendrikje van Van Emst, Heerde († 2002)
• Baukje Iedema († 2021)
• Hennie Bruining, Nieuw-Weerdinge, Drenthe, Nederland († 2012)
• Gudula Cornelia Maria Conijn, Noordwijkerhout († 1945)
• Cornelia Nolles, Rotterdam († 1946)
• Elise Schoofs, Sint-Truiden, België († 2011)
• Gudula Cornelia Maria Conijn, Noordwijkerhout († 1945)
• Henkie Groen, Heerhugowaard († 1938)
• Derek REAST, Huddersfield, West Riding, Yorkshire († 1997)
• Evert Veltman († 2002)

• Anna Catharina Peeters (87), Tilburg
• Anna Catharina Sanders (72), Helmond
• Anna Houwing (67), Holte, gem. Onstwedde
• Antonius Johannes Jacobus Bergmans (56), Schin op Geul
• Adrianus van Dulmen (67), Hoorn, Nederland
• Barend Harmsen (85), Zutphen, Gelderland, Nederland
• Alfons DE RIDDER (75), Zottegem,9620,Flandre Orientale,Flandre,BELGIQUE
• Anna Adriana Maria Smits (66), Breda, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Abraham Anthonius van Diejen (0), Buurmalsen (West Betuwe) (GL)
• Antonius van Gils (61), Oudenbosch

• 1935 » Barry Crocker, Australian singer, actor, and television host
• 1935 » Elgar Howarth, English conductor and composer
• 1936 » C. K. Williams, American poet, critic, and translator († 2015)
• 1937 » Loretta Swit, American actress and singer
• 1937 » Michael Wilson, Canadian academic and politician, 31st Canadian Minister of Finance († 2019)
• 1939 » Gail E. Haley, American author and illustrator
• 1939 » Michael Meacher, English academic and politician, Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions († 2015)
• 1940 » Delbert McClinton, American singer-songwriter
• 1940 » Marlène Jobert, French actress, singer, and author
• 1941 » Kafi Benz, American conservationist, environmentalist, historic preservationist, author, artist, community leader

• 1924 » Gabriel Fauré, French pianist, composer, and educator (b. 1845)
• 1924 » Richard Conner, American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1843)
• 1930 » Akiyama Yoshifuru, Japanese general (b. 1859)
• 1930 » Buddy Bolden, American cornet player and bandleader (b. 1877)
• 1931 » Luigi Galleani, Italian theorist and activist (b. 1861)
• 1940 » Arthur Rostron, English captain (b. 1869)
• 1946 » Rüdiger von der Goltz, German general (b. 1865)
• 1948 » Albert Stanley, 1st Baron Ashfield, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (b. 1874)
• 1950 » Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player and coach (b. 1887)
• 1954 » Stig Dagerman, Swedish journalist and writer (b. 1923)

1. Johannes
2. Jan
3. Cornelis
4. Hendrik
5. Willem
6. Pieter
7. Adrianus
8. Petrus
9. Gerrit
10. Wilhelmus
11. Jacobus
12. Gerardus
13. Jacob
14. Robert
15. Antonius
16. Arie

1. Maria
2. Johanna
3. Anna
4. Cornelia
5. Elisabeth
6. Wilhelmina
7. Adriana
8. Petronella
9. Catharina
10. Hendrika
11. Geertruida
12. Margaretha
13. Jacoba
14. Helena
15. Grietje
16. Mary

• Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from June 24, 1937 to July 25, 1939 the cabinet Colijn IV, with Dr. H. Colijn (ARP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 8.6 million citizens.
• April 25 » U.S. Supreme Court delivers its opinion in Erie Railroad Co. v. Tompkins and overturns a century of federal common law.
• July 28 » Hawaii Clipper disappears between Guam and Manila as the first loss of an airliner in trans-Pacific China Clipper service.
• July 31 » Bulgaria signs a non-aggression pact with Greece and other states of Balkan Antanti (Turkey, Romania, Yugoslavia).
• October 30 » Orson Welles broadcasts his radio play of H. G. Wells's The War of the Worlds, causing anxiety in some of the audience in the United States.
• November 14 » The Lions Gate Bridge, connecting Vancouver to the North Shore region, opens to traffic.
• November 16 » LSD is first synthesized by Albert Hofmann from ergotamine at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel.

The temperature on November 4, 1938 was between 7.9 °C and 13.7 °C and averaged 11.3 °C. There was 6.8 mm of rain during 3.2 hours. The average windspeed was 5 Bft (very strong wind) and was prevailing from the southwest.